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Divinity: Original Sin has claimed the top spot on Steam during last week’s sales period, which included the fading days of the digital distributor’s summer sale. Wolfenstein: The New Order and Payday 2 finished with their own flourishes, thanks to significant promotional discounts. The pair finished in the runner-up and …
Read More »BlazBlue: BattleCards heading to iOS this fall
Fighting franchise BlazBlue is heading to iPhones and iPads later this year in the form of a card game, Aksys Games has announced. Siliconera reports the publisher unveiled BlazBlue: Battle Cards for iOS during a presentation this past weekend at Anime Expo 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The game features …
Read More »Oculus acquires RakNet, unveils Oculus Connect 2014
Oculus VR has made a pair of announcements today, as the company has both acquired RakNet and revealed its own Oculus Connect conference for September. A post on the Oculus blog explains that RakNet – a C++ networking middleware system for game development – will provide Oculus Rift developers the …
Read More »PES 2015 microtransactions will be entirely optional, Konami insists
The inclusion of microtransactions in PES 2015’s Master League mode is nothing other than a time saving exercise for those with some spare cash. That’s according to Konami, which has said that non-paying players will still be able to access the same content providing they’re happy to put in the …
Read More »VR support coming to Google Chrome
Google has confirmed plans to add native virtual reality support to its Chrome web browser. Following the news last week that Mozilla is planning on doing the same for Firefox, Google has already has released builds for Chrome that offer functioning Oculus Rift support. Compatibility with Google’s own Google Cardboard …
Read More »GameStop plots UK loyalty programme
Global retail giant GameStop told MCV this week that its UK website has seen ‘triple digit’ growth over the last few years. And now the firm wants to launch a loyalty scheme in Britain, but still has no plans to open any High Street stores. The firm’s international boss Mike …
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski’s new studio is called Boss Key Productions
Boss Key Productions is the name of the new studio headed by former Gears of War dev Cliff Bleszinski. Polygon reckons that it has been co-founded with former EA producer and Guerrilla Games co-founder Arjan Brussee, who will become COO while Bleszinski serves as CEO. Documents suggest the outfit will …
Read More »Modders demonstrate successful Wii U Mario Kart 8 hack
The security of Nintendo’s Wii U appears to have been compromised. A speedrunner called MrBean35000vr has a released a video that shows some very basic tweaking of Mario Kart 8 using a web-browser vulnerability, such as the speeding up of in-game music. Fortunately, the hack has already been blocked by …
Read More »Mighty No 9 looking for even more crowdfunding
Despite smashing its Kickstarter target in October of last year, the team behind platform title Mighty No 9 has decided to ask for yet more crowdsourced funding. The Keiji Inafune title last year raised $3,845,170 on Kickstarter, obliterating its $900k goal and hitting all of its stretch goals. Yet now …
Read More »Windows version of Kinect v2 priced at £159.99
A Microsoft listing for the PC compatible version of Kinect suggests the peripheral will have a very high RRP. The UK store currently lists the device for 159.99, with the US store pricing it at $199.99. This SKU is specifically designed to run with the Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 …
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